Last Night's VP Debate-What Did You Think?
By Davey D
So like
everyone else I definitely gotta ask what folks thought of last's night Vice Presidential debate
between Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Senator Joe Biden.
Almost everyone I know was locked into it.
It was definitely the topic du jour at last night's Little Brother , David Banner ,
Talib Kweli show. The build up to it had all the ingredients of any good prize fight.
And let's keep it real-artists like 50 Cent can borrow a few pages from them on how to 'really'
spark up a beef.
As the debate dragged on several disturbing things emerged. First, for many it became a contest of
personalities more than substance. Lots of folks including myself, talked about home-girl's
cocky smirk. It rarely left her face. She seemed phony too me and somewhat arrogant.
Perhaps she was so smug because she knew that all she had to do was survive and not embarass herself or John
McCain she would come out looking good. Yes, the bar for this self proclaimed pitbull of a hockey mom was set
real low.
I also didn't like the fact that she tried to be the sole owner of someone who knows the 'average ordinary
American '. I kept saying to myself; What is the average American...'this woman don't
know me, my moms, my sister or the folks in my neighborhood'. Who's she connecting to? None of my female
friends can't stand her. They think she's always playing up on her beauty part more than her brains. They
think she's down right scary because of her views which are against everything most women
want-like the right to choose.
Remember if you should ever experience the horrific tragedy of rape and wound up getting pregnent,
Governor Palin would be the one to come counsel you to keep the kid after you pay for your rape kit.
Maybe its just me, but the bottom line for me was I have grown very tired of Palin's folksy 'Aaaw shucks I'm
just a regular hometown girl who is just like you ' persona. Oh really Ms Palin-You're ordinary? Get the
hell outta there with that bullshit- None of the women I know fly around in a helicopter and hunt moose. Most hunt
roaches and occasional mice that invade their homes-thats ordinary.
The average moms I know aren't hockey moms or even soceer moms.
They're Chuckee Cheese moms.
They're McDonald or Burger King moms.
They're Pop Warner football league moms.
They're 'let's go shopping for school clothes at Ross or Target ' moms.
They're 'lemme go pick up my kids at the mall' moms.
Let's keep it real many are single moms who come home after working a long 10 hour day and unwind by losing
themselves in an episode of Desperate Housewives or Grey's Anatomy .
But hey what do I know? I'm just an ordinary journalist-like you.
LOL
Others wanted to know when Joe Bidden was gonna step it up and start smashing.
Many tripped out when the ultra conservative-abstinence loving, abortion hating governor hijacked
some Hip Hop lingo and gave a 'shout out' to her 3rd graders and then later talked about how things
were 'back in the days' .
Joe didn't really go there.
Although he does get points for finally standing up and reminding people why John McCain wasn't no
maverick. He gave a long list but sadly he missed a couple of key points.
For example, if
Davey D was up on the stage I would've unflinchingly reminded folks this fool refused to vote for
Martin Luther King 's birthday to be a holiday.. I would've called it a keen examp
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